mari
@amari.bsky.social
ecopoë | 𝘰𝘪̈𝘬𝘰𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘦̄𝘴𝘪𝘴 𓆃
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nature, ecology, climate, right relationship, commons, geopolitics, photography, wellness, cats, art, poetry, mindfulness, solarpunk 🌞
bc, canada 🇨🇦
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(= earth/home making)
nature, ecology, climate, right relationship, commons, geopolitics, photography, wellness, cats, art, poetry, mindfulness, solarpunk 🌞
bc, canada 🇨🇦
bsky #50,373
my dms don’t work
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@amari.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Hello to all the lovely ppl who have recently followed me. I’m at an odd career crossroads rn, so my posts are everywhere—but they mostly orbit around Qs on how to actually make a better world for the kids. All the kids.
Hello! 👋
A lot of new bots & sketchy profiles on here lately. If I don’t follow you back, pls say hi & ask. Also, if you’re skeptical if I’m a bot, or want to know a bit more about me, click below. 👇
A lot of new bots & sketchy profiles on here lately. If I don’t follow you back, pls say hi & ask. Also, if you’re skeptical if I’m a bot, or want to know a bit more about me, click below. 👇
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The US cutting off oil to Cuba is truly one of the most depraved acts it is possible to imagine. Hospitals will close, food production will collapse, people will starve. It is urgent for US citizens, and every sane person, to oppose this barbarism with all their might.
February 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM
The US cutting off oil to Cuba is truly one of the most depraved acts it is possible to imagine. Hospitals will close, food production will collapse, people will starve. It is urgent for US citizens, and every sane person, to oppose this barbarism with all their might.
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B.C. launches bid for Vancouver to host defence, security and resilience bank
B.C. launches bid for Vancouver to host defence, security and resilience bank
The bank is designed to ‘mobilize capital for NATO members and allied nations, providing low-cost financing and credit guarantees to strengthen industrial capacity and collective security,’ says Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
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February 10, 2026 at 3:33 AM
B.C. launches bid for Vancouver to host defence, security and resilience bank
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In what is arguably the World's Best News, it looks like India is going to spend much less time in the "fossil fuel detour" than the US or China. It is moving much more directly to clean electrification.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
February 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
In what is arguably the World's Best News, it looks like India is going to spend much less time in the "fossil fuel detour" than the US or China. It is moving much more directly to clean electrification.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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This is sickening. For comparison, this is more than the Department of Energy spent for all solar power and wind power R&D for the whole country.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:04 AM
This is sickening. For comparison, this is more than the Department of Energy spent for all solar power and wind power R&D for the whole country.
The current US regime is so unserious and absurd, their press releases read like some kind of parody of a government memo you’d read about in a James & the Giant Peach style elementary school kids chapter book.
We are going to win
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The White House just sent a "Don't Panic" email. That'll do it
February 10, 2026 at 3:31 AM
The current US regime is so unserious and absurd, their press releases read like some kind of parody of a government memo you’d read about in a James & the Giant Peach style elementary school kids chapter book.
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Today in mass murder on the high seas that requires immediate impeachment & removal.
Again, this is one of those "He can't do that because it's illegal" things that he keeps doing every day, so I don't know why anyone thinks the other things like that are things that can't also happen.
Again, this is one of those "He can't do that because it's illegal" things that he keeps doing every day, so I don't know why anyone thinks the other things like that are things that can't also happen.
Southcom killed 2 more in the Eastern Pacific today, making at least 131 civilians killed by the US with no due process in 35 attacks over 5 months.
Only a sick nation would do this. 23 attacks in the Eastern Pacific, 10 in the Caribbean, 2 unspecified. See adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
Only a sick nation would do this. 23 attacks in the Eastern Pacific, 10 in the Caribbean, 2 unspecified. See adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
February 10, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Today in mass murder on the high seas that requires immediate impeachment & removal.
Again, this is one of those "He can't do that because it's illegal" things that he keeps doing every day, so I don't know why anyone thinks the other things like that are things that can't also happen.
Again, this is one of those "He can't do that because it's illegal" things that he keeps doing every day, so I don't know why anyone thinks the other things like that are things that can't also happen.
Sounds more like Artificial Negligence to me.
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Sounds more like Artificial Negligence to me.
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🌈 “Environmental Law Practice: Problems and Exercises for Skills Development” by Jerry L. Anderson (Drake Law School), Noah M. Sachs (@richmondlaw.bsky.social), and Dennis D. Hirsch (@ohiostatelaw.bsky.social)
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April 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🌈 “Environmental Law Practice: Problems and Exercises for Skills Development” by Jerry L. Anderson (Drake Law School), Noah M. Sachs (@richmondlaw.bsky.social), and Dennis D. Hirsch (@ohiostatelaw.bsky.social)
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February 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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The Australian Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate & Energy has published my 75pp submission on the history of fossil capital's systemic global disinformation war via the #AtlasNetwork thinktanks against climate science, policy & clean energy.
www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...
www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...
January 21, 2026 at 7:49 AM
The Australian Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate & Energy has published my 75pp submission on the history of fossil capital's systemic global disinformation war via the #AtlasNetwork thinktanks against climate science, policy & clean energy.
www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...
www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...
Some recent little wonky pieces I made in pottery class.
February 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Some recent little wonky pieces I made in pottery class.
Playing around with making makers marks for stamping clay pieces.
February 7, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Playing around with making makers marks for stamping clay pieces.
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New article! On the Epstein files, the cruelty of the release, and the crimes that came before: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...
Jackhammering Into the Sewer
A look through the Epstein files.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:38 AM
New article! On the Epstein files, the cruelty of the release, and the crimes that came before: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...
wtaf
**Trigger warning for sexual abuse descriptions**
**Trigger warning for sexual abuse descriptions**
The Department of Justice deleted this document soon after the latest Epstein Files release today. So I uploaded it s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
s3.documentcloud.org
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 AM
wtaf
**Trigger warning for sexual abuse descriptions**
**Trigger warning for sexual abuse descriptions**
Hells yeah RETVRN baby yeah! I think I even have some old ipods languishing in boxes that we used to use back in the day…
I also bought a combo CD and TAPE DECK for the 8 yo & gave him access to my old old music CD stash for him to play w bc FOOK THE US TECH ELITE BILLIONAIRES.
Gonna teach him
I also bought a combo CD and TAPE DECK for the 8 yo & gave him access to my old old music CD stash for him to play w bc FOOK THE US TECH ELITE BILLIONAIRES.
Gonna teach him
recently purchased a 260gb ipod on backmarket and transferred all my old mp3's backed up from when i was collecting music in high school / college...and then i downloaded soulseek and started ripping shit like crazy again
RETVRN
RETVRN
I found my old iPod and I’ve ordered a PS Vita. It’s all part of experimenting with how I use digital technology in 2026.
On top of my update, find plenty of great reads from the past month in the January recap.
On top of my update, find plenty of great reads from the past month in the January recap.
February 4, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Hells yeah RETVRN baby yeah! I think I even have some old ipods languishing in boxes that we used to use back in the day…
I also bought a combo CD and TAPE DECK for the 8 yo & gave him access to my old old music CD stash for him to play w bc FOOK THE US TECH ELITE BILLIONAIRES.
Gonna teach him
I also bought a combo CD and TAPE DECK for the 8 yo & gave him access to my old old music CD stash for him to play w bc FOOK THE US TECH ELITE BILLIONAIRES.
Gonna teach him
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i know portland doesn’t count as real america on the east coast but i saw very little national news coverage of this over the weekend—and the coverage i did see wasn’t prominent. i think a bunch of little kids and nurses and families getting gassed is newsworthy
ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
ICE is afraid of children protesting
“Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
i know portland doesn’t count as real america on the east coast but i saw very little national news coverage of this over the weekend—and the coverage i did see wasn’t prominent. i think a bunch of little kids and nurses and families getting gassed is newsworthy
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If there's one thing you read today, let it be Cory Doctorow's Disenshittification Nation.
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
Disenshittification Nation
How Canada can defend itself from Trump, make billions of dollars, and build a new, global, good internet.
doctorow.medium.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:20 PM
If there's one thing you read today, let it be Cory Doctorow's Disenshittification Nation.
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
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Epstein ran an enormous pedophile racket for 3 decades for the very rich & powerful.
1,000 victims are recorded.
This involved rape & more.
No single American has been charged.
The US would benefit from having some rule of law also for its pedophile elite.
1,000 victims are recorded.
This involved rape & more.
No single American has been charged.
The US would benefit from having some rule of law also for its pedophile elite.
February 3, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Epstein ran an enormous pedophile racket for 3 decades for the very rich & powerful.
1,000 victims are recorded.
This involved rape & more.
No single American has been charged.
The US would benefit from having some rule of law also for its pedophile elite.
1,000 victims are recorded.
This involved rape & more.
No single American has been charged.
The US would benefit from having some rule of law also for its pedophile elite.
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"It seems very clear that Grok's malfunctions are just directly flowing down from Elon Musk's severe personality defects. No reasonable product engineer or company head would push for any of this."
@whstancil.bsky.social talks Elon's AI and much more with @timmiller.bsky.social:
@whstancil.bsky.social talks Elon's AI and much more with @timmiller.bsky.social:
February 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"It seems very clear that Grok's malfunctions are just directly flowing down from Elon Musk's severe personality defects. No reasonable product engineer or company head would push for any of this."
@whstancil.bsky.social talks Elon's AI and much more with @timmiller.bsky.social:
@whstancil.bsky.social talks Elon's AI and much more with @timmiller.bsky.social:
Fascinating foray into Ukraine’s archaeological past, & that of humanity as a whole. Also an important correction to the flawed notions we have been taught about the need for kingly hierarchies in the story of human progress.
⚡ Ukraine’s 6,000-Year-Old Cities
A talk delves into Ukraine's deep past, when massive “megasites” flourished on the Ukrainian steppe, challenging the idea that “civilization” requires kings.
Listen: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
Support UkraineWorld`s team: patreon.com/c/ukraineworld
A talk delves into Ukraine's deep past, when massive “megasites” flourished on the Ukrainian steppe, challenging the idea that “civilization” requires kings.
Listen: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
Support UkraineWorld`s team: patreon.com/c/ukraineworld
February 3, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Fascinating foray into Ukraine’s archaeological past, & that of humanity as a whole. Also an important correction to the flawed notions we have been taught about the need for kingly hierarchies in the story of human progress.
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In our current turbulent situation, Perkins is a brilliant lighthouse to lead us away from the rocks and sandbars.
She is one of very few historic persons for who my respect grows with everything new I learn about her.
The thought of her helps keep my hope for the future alive.
She is one of very few historic persons for who my respect grows with everything new I learn about her.
The thought of her helps keep my hope for the future alive.
January 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM
In our current turbulent situation, Perkins is a brilliant lighthouse to lead us away from the rocks and sandbars.
She is one of very few historic persons for who my respect grows with everything new I learn about her.
The thought of her helps keep my hope for the future alive.
She is one of very few historic persons for who my respect grows with everything new I learn about her.
The thought of her helps keep my hope for the future alive.
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Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
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A fun tactic of extremists is to argue that they don't hate out-groups, they just blah blah blah. The pinnacle of this was the antebellum argument that enslaved people were happier and healthier enslaved, and that enslavers were motivated bu their charitable natures. It was BS then, and it's BS now.
Q: Pope Leo cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
February 3, 2026 at 11:15 PM
A fun tactic of extremists is to argue that they don't hate out-groups, they just blah blah blah. The pinnacle of this was the antebellum argument that enslaved people were happier and healthier enslaved, and that enslavers were motivated bu their charitable natures. It was BS then, and it's BS now.